So today’s attempt at clearing off some junk from my hard drive proved fruitless. Even after removing numerous albums and “priceless” video clips, I’ve still only managed to free up a total of 3gigs on my tiny 120gb hard drive on my current Dell Inspiron E1505 that I got back in October, 2006!

So tonight we spent our tax return on my new Dell. The decision to buy tonight (instead of a month ago when we first knew what our return would be) came after today’s hard drive filling-up situation. That happens every few weeks and I manage to keep off-loading pics and videos to an external 350gb hard drive that I filled up about 2 months ago!

The new Dell is an Inspiron 15 Laptop. For you techies, here are the specs:

New Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
Current Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.00GHz/667MHz)

New RAM: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
Current RAM: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 533MHZ

New display: 15.6 inch WLED Display (1366×768)
Current display: 15.4 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen WXGA

New Video Card: 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330
Current Video Card: 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory

New Hard Drive: 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Current Hard Drive: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

New OS: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit
Current OS: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit

New Wireless Card: Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11 Wireless-N Mini Card
Current Wireless Card: Intel WiFi 802.11g Wireless Card

New CDROM: 8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Current CDROM: 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

New Webcam: Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam
Current Webcam: a piece of junk external one!

I’m also going to upgrade to the newest Office suite (not through Dell).

Can’t wait to get this bad-boy!

Current arrive date is June 6th, but I’ve always been impressed with an earlier ship-date than what they originally say.

So, what do you think?